Posts from the Kentucky Category
Kentucky posts permit instructions
Kentucky recently posted instructions for obtaining a Kentucky out-of-state small farm winery license. There are ten steps (actually eight steps – they skipped steps 6 and 8!) that a winery that produces less than 50,000 gallons can follow to receive a license to ship directly to consumers. STEP 1. KRS 243.360 requires you to first [...]
February 19th, 2007
Bourbon County, KY – Wet, Dry, or Moist?
We’re getting word that Kentucky will soon make public the requirements for out-of-state wineries to get a small farm winery license for shipping wine directly to consumers. Regardless of the difficulty of the process that Kentucky unveils, wineries will surely face a challenge in keeping track of the 53 dry and 16 “moist” counties in [...]
February 11th, 2007
News from Kentucky
The headline said, “State drops out of wine suit: Small operators can ship directly,” but the reported change in direct shipment rights occurred in December of last year. What’s new is that the state has abandoned its appeal, leaving the wholesaler trade association to continue alone in attempting to persuade the Court of Appeals to [...]
February 7th, 2007
"New Vintage" of Wine Litigation
There’s an excellent article on law.com titled “New Vintage of Wine Litigation is Fermenting”. The article summarizes the “next wave” of wine lawsuits that will continue to shake up the landscape of direct shipping. New suits and amended complaints filed in the past year are attacking requirements that consumers must purchase wine in person, with [...]
February 5th, 2007
“New Vintage” of Wine Litigation
There’s an excellent article on law.com titled “New Vintage of Wine Litigation is Fermenting”. The article summarizes the “next wave” of wine lawsuits that will continue to shake up the landscape of direct shipping. New suits and amended complaints filed in the past year are attacking requirements that consumers must purchase wine in person, with [...]
